Lddusudduxuxx Flashcards
Plates slide past each other
Transform plate boundary
Boundary between 2 plates moving apart
Divergent plate boundary
Ocean plate bends and subduction under the continents
Convergent Ocean/continent plate boundary
One plate bends And subducts Under the other one
Convergent ocean/ocean plate boundary
To landmasses collide and build into mountains
Convergent continent/continent plate boundaries
Ex San Andreas fault in California
[north America/ pacific plates]
Is example of
Transform plate boundary
Type of features- large faults and earthquakes
Transform plate boundary
Mid ocean ridges rift valley
Divergent plate boundary
Mid Atlantic Ridge(Iceland)-[North American Eurasian plates]
great Rift Valley[African/Arabian plates]
Divergent plate boundary
Andes-south America-[south American/nazca plates]
Cascades-Mt.St.helens- Washington state-[north American/Juan de Fuca plates
Convergent ocean/continent plate boundaries
Feature - volcanoes on the land
Trenches on the ocean floor
Convergent ocean/continent plate boundary
Volcanic islands trenches on ocean floor
Convergent ocean/ocean plate boundary
Japan [Eurasian/pacific plates]
Philippines [Philippine/Pacific plate]
Convergent ocean/ocean plate boundary
feature folded mountains (not volcanoes)
faults and earthquakes
Convergent continent/continent plate boundary
Himalayas (Asia)[Eurasian Indo Australian]
Appalachian(US) [north American African plates]-when Pangaea originally formed
Convergent continent continent plate boundary
